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OLX.Y of the Circus." a play with
spectacular features which ap-
peal, was siren Its Initial Port
land production at the Bungalow last i
week. The vaudeville houaea. notably
the Orpheum. gave excellent bills and I
will bid for popular favor with 'a Hat of i
turns equally as good, commencing to-
morrow.
This afternoon the Athan stock com
pany will open lta season at the Lyrlo.
AIX-STAR
Plenty of Good Features on Vaude
ville Programme This Week.
An all-star bill will delight the pa
trons of the Orpheum for the week,
openlno; tomorrow. The headllners.
John Hvams and Leila McTntvre, have
a decidedly clever and amusing offer-
, Ing called "The Quakeress," which Is
full of bright witticisms, simple humor
I and clever songs, snd it is said to be
, one of the vaudeville delicacies of the
season. The Ingenuous roles of lm
: pllclty and innocence of the Quakeress
suit Miss Mclntyre to a nicety, and
Mr. Hyams. as the stage manager and
comedian, la right at home. It is reo
ommended to us by the Eastern writers
as a comedy of exceptional cleverness
and brilliancy and by far the best
vaudeville offering of these popular
favorites.
Rosa Royal, with her famous Ara
bian posing horse, "Chesterfield."
clearly demonstrates at every perform
anre what can be accomplished In the
training of a horse with kindness and
patience. The poses are prettily ar
ranged, everyone being Interesting as,j
well as picturesque, unesterrieia is
fine specimen of the Arabian horse and i attraction, when Al Hayman was man
an animal whose Intelligence quite cor- j ager of the famous old playhouse. She
responds with his beauty. Special has a)so appeared here in other plays,
scenery and stage accessories make Edmund Day, author of "The Melo
thts an unusually Interesting and novel ; rama." is one of the best known play
efc I wrights of the day, among his recent
Catherine Hayes and Bable Johnson euccec.wa bftln, -The Roundup," one of
Are umiftm I u i wuicuicuiirs, wiiu iwiq
already distinguished themselves In
many American comlo operas, oome In
a novel travesty styled "A Dream of
Baby Pays." In which by unique trans
formation they revert to the days of
childhood without losing avoirdupois,
which is a broad burlesque happily
brightened with comlo scenes and
elever songs, and is said to be scream
ingly funnr.
Oeorge W. Cunningham and Herman
Marion are clever comedians, who have
an offering which Is not of the ordinary
kind, entitled "An Acrobatio Talkfest."
The character of the comedian of this
team, appearing In a grotesque cos
tume, performs some acrobatic stunts
which are really sensational; a remark
able contrast is the quiet manner In
which- his partner, who plays in street
attire, goes through hls'portion of their
novel sketch. This number abounds
with comedy. these two versatile
aotors delivering a routine et olever
repartee all through their performance.
The Woods and Woods trio are aerial
artists, offering an original comedy
pantomime. "An Elopement by Wire."
which is skillfully and cleverly exe
cuted. The Misses Marshall, Freeman and
Rogers are attractive young women,
who make a strong appeal to musla
lovers. their Instrumental numbers be
ing presented In a dainty, refined and
altogether simple manner.
Cathryn Rowe Palmer Is an Ameri
can comedienne who has something En
tirely new and novel to offer.
well known among Portland footllght
followers, &aving .appeared at. the Mar-
I ouam Grand at the head of a Belasco
the most startling dramas of the West
to appear on Broadway last season.
The Govt trio come with excellemt re
pute from Eastern and European book
ings as balancers and contortionists. The
act feaures Daley, a wonderfully clever
dog, who springs Into the air, turns a
complete somersault and lands on fhe
principal acrobat's hand. Gladys Middle
ton Is & charming character . vocalist,
whose past performances are on the
right aide of the book.
Martin brothers are past masters on
the xylophone and their act has' the fur
ther merit of comprtaing only new selec
tions. Harvey A Lee are Hebrew im
personators and parodists, who have
scored a cordial reception wherever they
have appeared. Leo White will sing a
recent New York suocees. Illustrated with
excellent slides, and the moving pictures
and Pantages orchestra are as good as
ever.
FEATOIE ACTS AT PAXTAGES
Little Bit of Everything: Makes Well
Filled Programme.
If you are from Missouri you will be
amply shown at Pantagos this week,
for the bill promises to be the talk of the
town. Kvery aot Is worthy of stellar
honor, but two in particular stand out
most prominently. First Is Uie Bone
settl troupe, six in number, who are her
alded as the finest acrobatic organixatton
In vaudeville. Brought directly from
Paris to the Pantages circuit, they are
receiving glowing press notices from
psess and laity. The aot Is excellently
roe turned and the feats attempted by the
acrobats are far more thrilling than, or
dinary Act Xo. 3. which shares first place with
the Bonesectls, Is Miss Mary Hampton,
In Edmund Day's remarkable playlet.
The MelodTama." Tbe plot deals with
Augustus Thompson, an amateur play
smith, who works so hard on his drama
that he is worn out and falls asleep.
The various characters in his work ap
pear before him and the vivid scenes
that follow grip the audience until tbe
fail of the curtain. Miss Hampton 1
ORAXT OFFERS BIG SENSATION
Three Hoehrs, London Hippodrome
Features, Head New Bill.
What is considered as among the most
sensational acts in vaudeville is selected
for the feature at the Grand the coming
week. Marling with the matinee tomor
row. This act will be given by the
Three Roehrs, who were a sensation at
the London hippodrome, a - fact which
stamps their act as above the ordinary.
These three cyclists have a hair-raising
feat. They demonstrated that it is pos
sible to ride at top speed when head
downward. A special apparatus is used,
something like a barrel. The apparatus
Is tilted and lifted up, while revolving,
with the riders on the inside. It turns
upon Its edge until It assumes a vert tele
position and then gradually regains Its
original place. This Is a death-defying
act which is as sensational as a cycling
act can be. Five years of experimenting
and praetice were necessary before the
act was brought to the perfection now
attained.
There will be many other corking good
numbers on the programme and among
others will be the Sisters Clarence, who
style themselves "the Australian nug
gets." This la a singing and dancing
specialty by two pretty young women.
Their songs are new to this country and
tbe quality of their dancing is said to
be excel knt.
An act well known in tbe East, al
though never having been seen In the
West before. Is that offered by the Wood
brothers, the Irish athletes. They per
form some astonishing feats on the flying
rings and the act is one fllled with
novelty, grace and daring.
"The frenchman and the Other Fellow"
will be one of the comedy turns on the
bllL It Is offered by MJtcheU and Cain.
Vera De Basstnl. -the Italian nightin
gale, will contribute a good part of the
bill. She has a beautiful voice which
will he heard to advantage; There will
be an Illustrated ballad by Fred Bauer
and a new motion picture.
A sketch of a very high type will be
presented by Murphy & Whitman and as
a condensed play It Is wonderfully suc
cessful. Dick Gates and Jabe Hardy,
friends of a lifetime, are running for of
fice of Justice of the Peace for Dofebs
Center and George Murphy and Walt
Whitman In these roles respectively are
clever character Impersonators of the
provincial Americans.
The last performances of the present
programme will be given today. This is
an excellent bill, headed by the Le Ploetx
Larellas, French girl athletes.
tive town is Casana, known only, accord
ing to Mme, Bert oss 1, for Its old wine and
good singers.
Mme.- Bertossi says so far as the oper
atic roles go she plays no favorites she
likes them all, and that it Is really Im
possible for her to name one as the best
of all. She says or she would say If
she could speak our language that she
likes one role for this and another for
that, but she has never been able to make
up her mind that any one part Is better
than the others. She likes Marguerite
In "Faust", for the duet In the garden
scene. She likes "Lucia" for Its won
derful vocal pyrotechnics, and she likes
Santuzsa in "Cavallerla" because she
learned to sing the role under Mascagnfs
own Jeadershlp back In Italy. She Is
making rapid strides with her English,
and she could at a pinch sing the duet
in "Faust" In English, out she refuses
to essay the new language until she fully
comprehends what the strange words
mean.
Mme. Bertossi has been m this errantry
but a year and a half, but already she
admits that she Is beginning to like
America better than Italy, and when she
has finally mastered our language she ex
pects to be quite one of the Yankee peo
ple. Though still young, she has had
quite an extensive operatic career. After
leaving her native place, just out of
Rome, one sang In two of the great
opera h on see of Rome, then at Naples,
toured France, Austria and Germany, and
then came to this country to fill the pres-
Muslcal Play to Rum One Week at
Bungalow, Opening; Next Sunday.
Theatergoers are anticipating- with a
remarkable show of Interest the forth
coming production In this' olty of "The
Girl from Rector's," whloh comes di
rect from an entire season's run at
Weber's Musio Hall. New Tork. All
box-offioe records were broken during
the engagement, and the run might
have continued until today were It not
for the necessity of filling out-of-town
contrasts that had been previously
made.
"The Girl from Rector's" is deolared
by the Metropolitan critics to be one
of the funniest of high-class produc
tions made there in many years. The
plot deals with the actions of a young
society woman, of Battle Creek, Mich.,
who is charitably inclined. She spends
most of her time In her own circle at
home, but her husband, a Judge at the
Court of Shanghai, is away for such
long periods that she fleoides to go to
New Xork for recreation and rest. She
Is attracted by the glaring lights at
Reotor's and
headquarters.
In the oourse of time the woman
earns the sobriquet of "The Girl from
Reotor's," and on her next visit to Bat
tle Creek she meets at the home of
a society friend many of those of the
Jieotor cirole. She had been posing as
the danghter of a Buffalo man, and
while "the girl" In a way, la endeavor
ing to explain her dual Identity, com
plications arise which . reveal a series
pf situations that keep the audience In
a roar to the final curtaln.-
The engagement of "The Girl" is
for one week at the Bungalow Thea
ter, beginning next Sunday, August 22,
with a matinee the following Saturday.
VIOLINIST
Rnbelman Is Feature Number of
Good Pictures on Bill.
The management of the Star Theater
offers this week, In the way of a special
and added attraction, a number of violin
selections rendered by Rut) elm an, the
celebrated Russian violinist. This
famous musician will bo heard through
out the week and lovers of good violin
muMo cannot afford to miss this rare
treat
As usual tfaere will be shown a number
of up-to-date and brand new pictures.
"The Wild Ass' Skin," which is really
the feature film of the whole programme.
Is a reproduction in pictures of one of
Balzac's famous stories and certainly a
masterpiece of photography and artlstio
acting, having been portrayed by the
most famous actors of the Parisian
stage, and so well and skillfully ar
ranged as to details as to make the
story clear to even a child. It is a
weird story of a poet, Raphael de Valen
tine, who, having tasted the bitterness
of poverty, becomes disheartened and de
cides to take his own life. While on his
way to accomplish this end. he meets
with an old man who has in his posses
sion, among other antiques, a leather
skin on whloh was written "Possessing
me thou ehalt possess all things." The
old man being nearly to the end of his
Journey, finds pleasure in giving this mre
gift to the disheartened poet. Of course
after obtaining this skin his troubles
were at an end, as every destre of his
life In the way of fame and suooaas are
his for the wishing, as each time he
makes a wish it comes true. 1
Other Interesting pictures are X3ift ef
Youth," whloh Is a fairy picture; "Oat
of Work." a touching rom&noe; "Obdur
ate Father," a drama; "A Trip to the
Hawallans," in stereoptioons, and the
latest illustrated song by our new slngar.
The special matinees will be continued
as heretofore.
MORMON
COMING
Famous Musical Organization to Be
Heard at Baker, August 24.
Vhe Mormon Tabernaole Choir, one of
tbe greatest singing organizations In thrj
Cnited Btates, will oome to the Baker
Theater August 2. The oholr is making
a tour of the Northwest to the Alaska
Yukon -Paciflo Exposition and has been
Invited to Include Portland on its trip.
This chodr has received praise from the
leading orltics and musicians of the.
country and from the experts of. Europe.
Paderewskl declared the choir "magnlfl
oent and imposing, and the singing .won
derful." With the choir win come a large num
ber of soloists, but the main feature of
the entertainment Is the chorus singing.
The voices are of the best. Of course,
they are picked voloes, but the fact that
so many voices of such a degree of ex
cellence are to be found In Salt Lake
City is an admirable tribute to the purity
of the Rocky Mountain atmosphere. Good
as the voioes were originally, they have
been carefully trained by Conductor
Stephens. There Is a spirit of enthusiasm
and Interest which is frequently lacking
In professional concerts.
The male section of the ch orris win be
the best that has ever been heard In
Portland. The male chorus is numerous
and the voices are well selected. The
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Is considered
the finest choir in America and probably
In the world. This Is an opportunity
which no -one appreciating harmony can
afford to overlook. The choir does not
make many tours, but such as It has
made have won for it an enduring fame
among the musicians of the country.
J. J. . MoClellan, accompanist for the
choir, is the best known organist in the
West, and hundreds of thousands of vis
itors to Salt Lake City have heard him
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NEW SEASON OPENS AT LYRIC
Athon Stock Company Will Blake IU
Bow Today In "Doris. "
Today the regular dramatic stock sea
son opens at the Lyric, beginning with
the matinee this afternoon, when the
much-discus? sed Athon Stock Company,
direct from Chicago, win make its initial
appearance before local "theater-goers In
an effort to win thlr hearts. The open
ing bih will be "Doris," the famous dra
ma with a moral greater than a sermon.
Eft le Ellsler made "Doris" famous In New
York, and it was the greatest success she
ever had. Critics who have seen both
actresses declare that Priscilla Knowles.
the leading woman of the Athon com
pany, outplays Mi as EllBler in the part.
Sidney Payne is the leading man, a
handsome chap and a brilliant actor, and
among others in the company may be
mentioned Robert Athon, Ralph Bell,
Jack Bennett, Percy Kilbride, Lee Hut
ton, Franklyn Murray, Alice Condon,
Susie Howard, Louise Hart and dainty
"Taddy" Murray.
Special attention will be given to scenic
detail and light effects and during this
season the productions at the Lyrlo will
be of higher class than formerly. The
Lyric Is to house Portland's only stock
company this season and it is a good
one. all new faces, people of prominence
in this profession. "Doris" will run all
this week, with matinees Sunday, Tues
day, Thursday ami Saturday. Seats may
always be procured one week in ad
vance. Following "Dorto" the bill will
be "The Plunger."
BERTOSSI LIKES ALL ROLES
Something About International Op
era Company Prima Donna.
Mme. Bertossi. one of the prima donnas
of the International Grand Opera Com
pany, comes from Italy, although she has
spent most of her time In Rome, coming
to America a little over a year ago to
Join Edwards' International Grand Opera
Company, which was then playing in New
York. Mme. Bertossi. like . all loyal
Romans, pokes much fun at Signor Me
rola. the artistic director of the Interna
tional Grand Opera Company, whose na-
Famous Women Choir Which Has Interesting History
Great Musical Organization Has Been Built Up Through Persistent Efforts of Its Director, Evan Stephens.
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T3E Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the
largest and perhaps the greatest
church choir in the world, which
will appear at the Baker Theater August
24, has an interesting history. It had its
bltrh when the hardy pioneers of 1847
held their first meetings under the rude
bowery after their arrival In the Great
Salt Lake Valley.
This "pilgrim band" held regular dally
worship upon its entire Journey, and
upon arriving near tbe present site of
the great granite Temple, to the west of
which nestles the also great Tabernacle
with its self-supporting roof, a rude
bowery of brush was erected, and serv
ices held every Sunday under its leafy
shade. There the sweetest voices led In
singing. Later a Tabernacle was erected
where the Assembly Hall now stands.
The organisation was rightly christened
the "Tabernacle Choir," in contra-dis-tinction
to the numerous "ward choirs."
for be it said, every ward and congrega
tion In the "Mormon" Church has its
choir. ITnder various and capable con
ductors the choir flourished and grew to
an organization of from 65 to 100 mem-
bers, in the new and large Tabernacle
of today.
In 1882 a new force began to make
Itself felt in the training of Sunday School
children in choral singing by the man
whose destiny was later to make this
organization world famous. Evan
Stephens, born In South Wales, emigrated
to Utah when a boy of 12 and subse
quently was put through the peculiarly
Western process of development at all
sorts of manual and mental toil, on the
farm, in the canyons, on the railroad,
during the daylight of the week days; at
the Sunday School and afternoon and
evening services. In the little town Tf
Wlllard. where he lived, on Sunday, and
at his beloved muslo when darkness of
night brought an end to the labors of the
day.
The simple love of It wss his only
prompter; the application born of that
love, his only teacher. The masters'
works, sacred and secular, wera his con
stant companions. So when he laid down
the pick, shovel and crowbar he was
prepared to take up his baton in Salt
Lake, which lit aim a regard as the lead
ing musical city of the West. And be
ginning wKh the training of children
familiar now to him for having trained
them In the village he soon, had the more
honored work of training the adults. A
general class of 100 students In an even
ing school finished their course by giv
ing performances of three operas, "The
Bohemian Girl," "Martha" and "The
Daughter of the Regiment," at the Salt
Lake Theater In a manner that at once
established him as being a direotor of
adults as he was already "the ohildrens'
man."
Patrick Gllmore, the noted bandmaster,
hearing of him, engaged him to organize
and train a local chorus to take part In
a musical festival In the great Taber
naole. It was done so successfully that
the chorus refused to disband and a mag
nificent choral society was formed in
which "Mormon" and "Gentile" voices
mingled and members of ajl denomina
tional church choirs sang tflgether.
The "Mormon" Church leaders encour
aged his labors, and successful concerts
were given from time to time in the great
Tabernacle. He had not until 1890 been
given charge of the chief "Mormon" mu
sical organization: then he was given the
directorship of the Taoernacle Choir with
instructions to create and maintain an
Ideal church choir of large proportions
corresponding with the great building
facing them and the magnificent organ
flanking them. He had ths choir gai-
leries remodeled, and a choir of 300 voices
greeted the new era. Today the aggrega
tion totals over BOO voices on its roster,
not one of which receives a salary.
In 10 years the choir netted over $50.
000 from its concerts. This sum has been
expended in a magnificent library of the
choicest music, much of it composed by
the director and other "Mormon" com
posers of ability but mostly classla
works of the great masters; free school
in vocal music, reading, voice culture and
organ playing. The choir also has been
enabled to take excursions, the first be
ing to the. World's Fair at Chicago In
1893, where it. was awarded the second
prize of $1,000 by the Judges (the first by
the' vast audience and critics generally
present) in a choral test. New York cap
italists 10. years ago came forward with
a proposition for the choir to tour the
United States, but conditions arose which
led to the abandonment of the project.
For the past 13 years over 500 voices
have been enrolled and the average at
tendance has been over 400.
Despite tbe fact that Director Evan
Stephens during the past 25 years has
trained thousands of sopranos and con
traltos, he still remains a bachelor with
two hobbies, the "Mormon" Tabernacle
Choir and his pretty suburban home
which lies Just outside of the city limits
-of Salt Lake.
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